Women outnumber men in public sector

Women outnumber men among the state's workforce, but they have a long way to go before equalling the number of men in government.

10.04.2013

Women outnumber men among the state's workforce, but they have a long way to go before equalling the number of men in government.

Altogether some 7,240 women were recorded as working for the state as civil servants or employees last February, Public Service Minister François Biltgen has revealed.

Compared with 5,676 male staff, it shows that women are in the majority in the public sector, however, only because most of the country's teaching staff happen to be women.

Altogether teachers account for just under half (3,276) of the women working in the civil service and professors represent a further 1,100 women.

The number of women employed to assist in government matters remains behind that of men with 140 women in “attaché de gouvernement” positions, compared with 208 men.

Furthermore, Minister Biltgen revealed that in 2011, not a single woman was recorded as being on the board of 14 out of 53 public institutions in Luxembourg. The remaining 39 counted at least one female among the management body.

“This amounts to a percentage of 15.63 percent, a proportion which has most probably grown in the course the last two years,” the minister said.